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Gidon Kremer performs Kreisler's Liebesleid

To mark the official centenary of the beginning of the First World War today, here's violinist Gidon Kremer performing Kreisler's Liebesleid with pianist Martha Argerich. Kreisler fought and was wounded in the first year of the Great War, and subsequently performed concerts throughout America, despite prejudice against his Austrian connections.

The August 2014 issue of The Strad, which pays tribute to musicians and instrument makers of World War I, is out now.

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